A man who called Longford garda station during the State visit of the UK Queen five years ago threatened two mortars were set at Dublin Castle and that he was a member of the "Republican Brotherhood, Squad A", the Special Criminal Court has heard.

A man has described how he dragged a badly injured woman police officer into his home by her body armour after witnessing a frenzied attack on her by a man wielding a axe.

Rookie Dublin midfielder Brian Fenton has revealed how he remembered his late mother, Marian, and Dublin GAA stalwart Dave Billings amid emotional scenes on All-Ireland final day.

Nothing was done about child sexual exploitation (CSE) in South Yorkshire, England, because the girls involved were seen as prostitutes, a police commissioner has said.

Sigerson Cup semi-final

Irish nanny Aisling Brady McCarthy yesterday pleaded not guilty to the charge of first degree murder of one-year-old Rehma Sabir.

UCD GAA officer Dave Billings believes association chiefs should consider running the Sigerson Cup on a round-robin basis and excluding college teams from pre-season inter-county competitions.

The Special Criminal Court has set a date in December for the trial of a Longford man charged with having an explosive device on the eve of the state visit of Queen Elizabeth II of Britain last year.

A Co Longford man charged with having an explosive device on the eve of the State visit of Britain's Queen Elizabeth earlier this year faced further charges at the Special Criminal Court today.

A Co Longford man charged with having an explosive device on the eve of the State visit of Queen Elizabeth to the Republic last month has been granted bail at the Special Criminal Court.

Critically ill hospital patients were put at risk by inadequate out-of-hours staffing levels, a report has found.

STRICT new ambulance target travel times which could drastically improve the pre-hospital emergency care sector have been announced.

BOSS Liam Hogan toasted absent friend Stephen Perkins as Ballyboden St Enda’s claimed an historic fourth Dublin SHC title on the trot.

The results of a new opinion poll published today show that over 95% of people want clear information about their healthcare around treatment options, costs and care planning.

THREE years after breast cancer patients were traumatised by a series of diagnoses errors, an independent watchdog has found our hospitals now meet the fundamental requirements for safe, quality care.

PUBLIC hospitals and other healthcare centres have one year to comply with new mandatory hygiene standards.

NOT surprisingly, there is a degree of quiet satisfaction among the Dublin management that their success in winning the GAA Leinster championship for the fourth year in a row was highlighted by arguably their best display of attacking football since Paul Caffrey took over.

HOSPITALS that fail to comply with new infection control standards will be named and shamed by the state’s health services watchdog.

Dublin Senior football selector David Billings has been slapped with an eight week suspension from all GAA activities for "persistant verbal abuse of officials" in UCD's recent Round Robin victory by 1-14 to 0-13 over St. Patrick's, Drumcondra on February 14 last.

ALMOST one in five of the State’s public hospitals pose a serious risk to patients, a new national survey has found.

HOSTS UCC are injury-free for today's Datapac Fitzgibbon Cup semi-final against UCD at the Mardyke (12.30pm start).

Dubliner Ray O'Connor, in his third Olympic Games as an umpire, has been chosen to officiate at tomorrow evening's men's hockey final between the Netherlands and Australia at Athens' Helliniko complex.

SELECTOR Dave Billings has rejected the notion that Dublin are simply the same old team underachieving with the same old faces as they look to continue their progress through the qualifiers in Leitrim tomorrow.

Stand in Dublin boss Dave Billings has named a strong team to face Wicklow in the O'Byrne Cup on Sunday despite being without nearly half his squad.

UCD manager Dave Billings has revealed he has set his sights on an All-Ireland club SFC title with College.

NEWLY crowned Dublin senior football champions UCD are looking to bridge a 28-year gap by winning the All-Ireland Club title.

Dave Billings has revealed the extent of his feelings for St Vincent's ­ despite landing a crushing blow on them as UCD boss in Sunday's Dublin SFC decider.

THE High Court adjourned yet again yesterday evening with the prospect of Dublin having no representative in the Leinster SFC becoming more likely by the day.

DUBLIN defender Paul Curran, who missed the drawn All-Ireland SFC quarter-final meeting with Donegal through injury, is set to return to training later this week.

Analysts are predicting that a slowdown in the US economy will be reflected in pedestrian third quarter results when Microsoft reports next week.

Analysts are predicting that a slowdown in the US economy will be reflected in pedestrian third quarter results when Microsoft reports next week.